Eastward migration of the Qaidam basin and its implications for Cenozoic evolution of the Altyn Tagh fault and associated river systems

Environmental implications of the magnetic record in Pleistocene lacustrine sediments of the Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau

“…The Qaidam Basin extends over 1.2 Â 10 5 km 2 and was formed as a consequence of the still ongoing India-Asia collision; its rhombus shape results from the NE-SW shortening and eastwards extrusion of the Tibetan Plateau (Métivier et al, 1998;Wang et al, 2006). The mountains surrounding the basin, the Qilian Shan in the northeast, the Kunlun Shan in the south and the Altun Shan in the northwest (Fig.…”

Northward growth of the Qimen Tagh Range: A new model accounting for the Late Neogene strike-slip deformation of the SW Qaidam Basin

“…Yet, the observed thickness pattern of the Cenozoic strata across the Qaidam Basin (Yin et al, 2008) seems poorly compatible with a major south-dipping range-bounding thrust along the northern margin of the Eastern Kunlun Mountains. All the individual Cenozoic units in the basin consistently thicken from the margins towards the center of the basin (Bally, 1986;Huang et al, 1996;Sobel et al, 2003;Wang et al, 2006;Yin et al, 2007Yin et al, , 2008. This isopach pattern contradicts the classic tectonically subsiding foreland-basin model that requires the maximum sediment thickness to be localized near the bounding thrust system (Jordan, 1981).…”

A 7.3–1.6Ma grain size record of interaction between anticline uplift and climate change in the western Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau

“…The Qaidam Basin (QB) in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau (NE TP) provides an ideal study area for understanding how climate and tectonics affect geomorphological development and sedimentation. This is because the QB which has been closed since the Eocene, has experienced the development of significant lake areas and basin tectonics Wang et al, 2006;Fang et al, 2007;Yin et al, 2008aYin et al, , 2008b, and has undergone great climatic changes Miao et al, 2011bMiao et al, , 2013a. In the western Qaidam Basin (WQB), a huge paleo-lake developed until the Quaternary Han et al, 2014).…”